Arrangement for treating ropes of yarn with a liquid contained in a trough.



H. HABLUTZEL.

ARRANGEMENT FOR TREATING ROPES 0F YARN WITH A LIQUID CONTAINED IN A TBOUGH. APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, 1913.

1 ,100729, Patented June 23, 19M

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH cc.. WASHINGTON, n. c.

H. HABLU'TZBL.

ARRANGEMENT FOR TREATING ROPES 0F YARN WITH A LIQUID GONTAINED IN A TROUGH. Y

APPLIOATION I'ILED JULY 28, 1913.

1,100,729, Patented June 23, 1914.

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W (SM/QM COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH CO-IWASHINGTON, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HEINRICH HABLIITZEL, OF ZURICH, SWITZERLAND.

ARRANGEMENT FOR TREATING ROPES 0F YARN WITH A LIQUID CONTAINED IN A TROUGH.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HEINRICH HABLI'iTzEL, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, residing at Zurich, Switzerland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Arrangements for Treating Ropes of Yarn with a Liquid Contained in a Trough; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an arrangement for treating hanks or skeins of yarn with a liquid contained in a trough and used, for example, for dyeing or bleaching yarn.

In the arrangement according to this invention there is provided a frame movable over the dyeing trough and carrying a pair of flexible endless conveying members, for instance chains, each of which passes over two lower and two upper disks, for instance chain-wheels, of which the two upper ones are nearer one another than the lower ones, so that each flexible conveying member has the form of a trapezoid. I11 this manner it is possible to provide inclined slopes for lifting and lowering hank-carriers especially in an arrangement provided with only two flexible conveying members. The conveying members are provided with double-hooked members for taking up and delivering the hank carriers.

A form of carrying the invention into effect is shown by way of example in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 shows the movable frame or carriage in a section on the line AB of Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is a cross-section of Fig. 3 the left hand side of this figure showing a section on the line CD and the right hand side a section on the line C-E; Fig. 3 shows a side view of the movable frame and of a discharging device in the arrangement according to this invention, Fig. 4 is a part of a plan view of Fig. 3 and Figs. 5 and 6 show two views of a detail of the arrangement.

1 denotes the trough or container containing the dyeing or bleaching liquid. The rails 2 on both sides of the trough carry rails 3 provided with teeth or serrations 4, a

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 28, 1913.

Patented June 23, 1914.

Serial No. 781,630.

rack 5 and a track 6. A frame or carriage 8 provided with wheels 7 moves along the tracks 6. The toothed racks 5 are engaged by the teeth of four wheels 9 rigidly c011- nected to chainwheels 10, which are connected by means of chains 11 to chain-wheels 12 driven from the shaft 13 of an electrical motor 14 arranged in the frame 8. There is, moreover, on one or both sides of the tank I a gear wheel 9 that engages rack 5 and carries a spur gear 9 geared to a pinion 16 connected to one of the gear wheels 16 on that side of the tank. The revolving shaft 13 causes the frame 8 to move along the tracks 6 over the trough 1. The axes of the four chain wheels 10 are in the same horizontal plane. Also the axes of the four chain-wheels 12 are in the same horizontal plane. The chain-wheels 12 mounted on the same side of the frame 8 are, when seen from the side (Fig. 1), a little nearer one another than the chain-wheels 10, so that the endless flexible chain 11 forming a conveying member and passing over the chain-wheels 10 and 12 on the same side of the frame 8 forms a trapezoid having two inclined sides 11*" and 11 The shaft 13 drives the chainwheels 12 by means of chains 17 passing over chain-wheels 15 and 16. The chains 11 carry hooks 18 arranged one opposite another and provided on one side with a recess 19 and on the opposite side with a recess 20.

21 are hank-carriers of a known construction, which lie normally between the teeth of the rails 4 and on which are suspended the hanks of yarn. 24 is a carriage supported on wheels 25, running upon the tracks 6. The carriage 24 may be attached to the movable frame 8 by means of hooks 26 engaging a shaft 27 (Figs. 3 and 4). In this position two toothed wheels 9" of the movable frame 8 work into the teeth of wheels 28 of the taking ofi carriage 24 (see Figs. 4 and 5). The wheels 28 mesh with toothed wheels 29 mounted on an axis carrying two lateral chain-wheels 30. On each side of the frame 24 there pass over these wheels 30 and the chain-wheels 31 mounted in the upper part of the frame 24 endless chains 32 provided with hooks 33. On the lower part of the frame are mounted lateral inclined rails 34 between the two chains 11. To the chainwheels 31 are rigidly connected chain-wheels 35, connected by means of the endless chains 36 to the chain-wheels 37. The chain 36 has hooks 88 which carry a rod 39 to which is loosely mounted a frame 40.

The arrangement may be used by way of example in the following manner: If the hanks of yarn have only to be swung to and fro and if they have at the same time only to be li'ted a little in the trough and turned therein, it is only necessary to use the movable frame 8. When the latter is moved in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig.1 either by means of the motor 14 or the hand drive 22, the endless chains 11 are moved in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 1. Each recess 20 of two opposite members 18 provided with a double-hook takes up a hank carrier 21 which is conveyed by these members up the slope 11 and then along the upper horizontal part of the chain 11 into the position 21 shown in Fig. 1. The carrier slides thereupon down the slope 11 till it is caught by the recesses 19 of the doublehooks 18 situated on both sides in front of this carrier, which during the further movement of the frame is then let down by said hooks between the teeth of the rails. The hank carriers conveyed in the described manner over the trough by the frame 8 are at the same time rotated a little. To impart such a movement to the carriers is, however, already known and it does not form part of the present invention. v p

If it is desired to lift the hank carriers with the yarn ropes out of the trough 1, the taking off carriage 24 is connected to the movable frame 8. lVhe'n the two frames are moved in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 3, the hank carriers 21 are conveyed by means of the chains 11 to the slope 34 and are delivered to the top of the latter so that they will slide down these rails. They are then engaged near the lower end of these rails by the hooks 33 and lifted out of the trough 1 by means of the chains 32, which conveys them into the position 21". Each of the carriers glides thereupon down the inclined slope 41 of the carriage 24 and falls then upon the inclined frame 40, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. At the beginning of the taking off of the carriers it is necessary that the slope of the frame be as great as possible, so that the carriers may not fall down over too great a height. Owing to the slower movement of the chain 36 with regard to that of the chain 82 the carriage a0 is gradually lowered at one end, when the hank carriers with yarn ropes are piled on it. As soon as a sufficient number of carriers has been put down on said carriage 40 the latter is taken out of the frame and replaced by a new one.

I claim:

1. In an arrangement for treating hanks of yarn with a liquid contained in a trough, a frame movable over the trough, twoupper lng over said wheels, said conveying members forming inclined slopes for lifting and lowering the hank carriers.

2. In an arrangement for treating hanks of yarn with a liquid contained in a trough, a frame movable over the trough, two upper and two lower wheels mounted in said frame, the two upper wheels being nearer one another than the lower ones and a pair of endless flexible conveying members passing over said wheels and provided with double hooked members, said conveying members forming inclined slopes for lifting and lowering the hank carriers taken up and let down by said hooked members.

3. In an arrangement for treating hanks of yarn with a liquid contained in a trough, a frame movable over the trough, two upper and two lower wheels mounted in said frame, the two upper wheels being nearer one another than the lower ones, a pair of endless, flexible conveying members passing over said wheels and provided with double hooked members and forming inclined slopes for lifting and lowering the hank carriers taken up and let down by said hooked members and means for taking off the rope carriers conveyed by means of said flexible members over the trough.

4. In an arrangement for treating hanks of yarn with a liquid contained in a trough, a frame movable over the trough, two upper and two lower wheels mounted in said frame the two upper wheels being nearer one another than the lower ones, a pair of endless, flexible conveying members passing over said wheels and provided with double hooked members and forming inclined slopes for lifting and lowering the hank carriers taken up and let down by said hooked members and a carriage for taking oif the hank carriers conveyed by means of said flexible members over the trough and provided with a device for lifting said carriers and a frame, which gradually lowers itself at one end, as the carriers to be taken off are piled on this frame.

5. In an arrangement for treating hanks of yarn with a liquid contained in a trough, a frame movable over the trough, two upper and two lower wheels mounted in said frame, the two upper wheels being nearer one another than the lower ones, a pair of endless, flexible conveying members passing over said wheels and provided with double hooked members and forming inclined slopes for lifting and lowering the rope carriers taken up and let down by said hooked members, a carriage for taking off the hank carriers conveyed by means of said flexible members over the trough and provided with a device for lifting said carriers and a frame, which gradually lowers itself at one end, as the carriers to be taken off are piled on this frame, means for connecting said movable frame to said carriage and means for operatively connecting in this position of the carriage and the movable frame said device for lifting the carriers to the movable frame.

6. In an arrangement for treating hanks of yarn with liquid contained in a trough; hank carriers supported by the trough, a frame longitudinally movable over the trough, mechanism operated by the movements of the frame along the trough to engage the carriers, lift them, and transport them behind the frame, detachable mechanism to which said carriers with the hanks are delivered, and means for supporting the hanks and carriers and on which they are piled by said detachable mechanism.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HEINRICH HABLUTZEL.

Witnesses:

CARL GUBLER, ARNOLD LEHNER.

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